<p><b>''Michelle Frances is an author we''re going to hear a great deal about'' JILLY COOPER<br></b><br><b>¿Brilliant (toxic) context. Loved the epistolary touches. Taut, dark, and seriously addictive.¿ WILL DEAN</b><br><br>Looking to escape her old life, Nancy and her ten-year-old daughter Lara move to Ripton. A quiet, picturesque village in the rolling Derbyshire countryside, it seems like the perfect place to settle down.<br><br>But when Nancy reaches the school gates, she learns that beneath the quaint village atmosphere is a minefield. And after her daughter clashes with her school friends, Nancy quickly finds herself outside the whispering circle of parents.<br><br>As much as Nancy finds the playground politics absurd, they soon become impossible to ignore when Lara is accused of hurting another girl.<br><br>Desperate to clear Lara''s name, Nancy is about to learn just what lengths a parent will go to for their child . . .<br><br><b>Wry, twisting and suspenseful, Michelle Frances